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  • REL 264: The Islamic Tradition

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This survey course introduces the religious traditions of Islam, along with aspects of Islamic civilization and culture. Topics include Islamic theology, the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur'an, Sunni and Shi'i traditions, Sufism, Islamic art, women and Islam, and postcolonial Islamic experience, including the rise of Islamic extremism. What does Islam mean to a Muslim What makes Islam one of the most popular and influential religious traditions in the history of humankind This course is recommended as a firstcourse in Islamic studies. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 40. [W2] Normally offered every year. S. Schomburg.
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  • REL 267: Modern Jewish Thought:From Spinoza to Levinas

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course surveys modern Jewish thought with a specific focus on the ways modern Jewish thinkers reconsidered traditional Jewish concepts in modern life. The working assumption is that modern Jewish thought is a complex, creative phenomenon arising from an encounter with three things: 1) non-Jewish philosophical thought, 2) non-Jewish religious thought (especially Christian), 3) social and political realities both inside and outside the Jewish world. Particular attention is given to how Jewish thinkers reconceptualized Jewish ideas in light of the Enlightenment, nationalism, the industrial and technological evolutions, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, the founding of the State of Israel, and the emergence of feminism. Prerequisite(s): one course in religion. Enrollment limited to 40. Staff.
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  • REL 269: Muslim Worlds:A Literary and Cinematic Exploration

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course explores diverse "worlds" of Muslim experience and self-understanding through contemporary fiction and feature film by writers and directors from across the Muslim world. In addition to geographical and cultural diversity, the course explores a broad spectrum of Muslim perspectives: those of women and men, adults and children, homosexuals and heterosexuals, socioeconomic elites and subalterns, urbanites and rural village dwellers. What constitutes a "Muslim" life What does contemporary literature and film tell us about the specific experiences and concerns of Muslims in the modern world Enrollment limited to 30. [W2] S. Schomburg.
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  • REL 270: Religion and American Visual Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    A study of the constitutive role of visual culture in the formation of American religious traditions and the influence of religious experience on American art and mass culture. Moving from the Colonial period to the present, this course examines the symbiotic relationship between American visual culture and religion in painting, photography, illustrated media, mass-produced objects, memorials, architecture, and decorative items. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 40. M. Bruce.
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  • REL 274: The Qur'an

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course introduces the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of Islam, and focuses primarily upon the major themes of the Qur'an. Topics include the Qur'an as "scripture" in the context of the comparative study of religion; Qur'anic understandings of God, prophecy, humanity, and the natural world; Qur'anic eschatology; ethics and human responsibility; the Qur'anic understanding of itself, including its relationship to Jewish and Christian scriptures; the role of the Qur'an in Islamic history and community life; and Islamic traditions of Qur'an interpretation. Special attention is given to recent Muslim progressive and feminist scholarship on the Qur'an. S. Schomburg.
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  • REL 303: Seminar in Biblical Criticism

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Each year the seminar focuses upon a particular subject in biblical studies, employing the techniques of textual, historical, and form criticism and exegesis for the purpose of developing sound hermeneutical conclusions. C. Baker.
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  • REL 303C: Apocalypse

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    From the perspective of a new millennium, this seminar looks back at 2,000 years of Christian apocalypses and books of revelation to gain an understanding of how this kind of thinking originated and developed. The seminar focuses on apocalypse as a genre and on the major themes, images, and symbol systems of Judeo-Christian apocalyptic imagination. Readings include a wide range of Jewish and Christian books of revelation and personal accounts of journeys out of the body to heavens and hells. These texts are from the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish and Christian apocrypha ("hidden books"). Prerequisite(s): one of the following: Religious Studies 100, 235, 236, or 238. Enrollment limited to 15. Staff.
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  • REL 306: Seminar on American Religious Thought and History

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    The seminar focuses on a different figure, movement, or issue of significance for the development of American religious thought and history. Recommended background: a course in American cultural studies or philosophy. Enrollment limited to 15. Staff.
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  • REL 307: Liberation Theologies

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course critically examines emergent and historical theologies of liberation from Latin America and beyond. It begins by considering liberation theology as a spiritual, intellectual, and political movement within the Latin American Roman Catholic church. It focuses specifically on the works of Gustavo Gutiérrez, Ignacio Ellacuría, and Jon Sobrino, which translated the problems of oppression, political violence, and poverty into a theological idiom and a political theology. The second half of the course is devoted to other theologies of liberation including works in black theology, feminist theology, and third-world theology. Prerequisite(s): one course in religious studies. Enrollment limited to 15. Staff.
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  • REL 313: Human Suffering:Job,Genesis,and Revelation

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course explores questions about suffering through the lens of the biblical books of Job and Revelation, with subsidiary attention to the first three chapters of Genesis. Students consider issues of justice, belief, morality, meaning, and response in relation to human suffering and bring together personal knowledge and reflections; community-based learning; and close, critical readings of texts in wrestling with these issues. In addition to the biblical books and scholarship on them, readings include works by Archibald MacLeish, Bill McKibben, Stephen Mitchell, and Catherine Keller. Prerequisite(s): one course in religious studies. Enrollment limited to 15. C. Baker.
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